Exploratory study of apolipoprotein e ε4 genotype and risk of Alzheimer's disease in Mexican Hispanics

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1038-1040

  Campos, Melissa ^a   Edland, Steven D ^b   Peavy, Guerry M ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879155515     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12292     Document Type: Letter

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